A United Nations department playing “a central role in United Nations efforts to prevent deadly conflict and build sustainable peace around the world.” It works to monitors and assess “global political developments with an eye to detecting potential crises and devising effective responses.”
Founding Year: 2019
Staff: 500
Budget: $35.9m (2020)
Rosemary A. DiCarlo (Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs)
Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals
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